Healey to veto offshore wind bids that would not lower UK bills
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Chancellor John Healey said ministers will sign subsidy contracts for new offshore wind only if the grid can take the power without raising consumer costs, applying that rule in the next renewables auction. He argued clean power must cut gas-linked bills but match grid capacity. The move follows more than £3bn in energy-department cuts this week, much redirected to defence, raising fears Labour’s 2030 clean-power aim and green heating targets are at risk.
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